Workplace Injuries

• Waterloo, Iowa fall into water tower, worker not yet identified

  Steve Lombardi | May 08, 2009 11:15 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  We have previously reported on a maintenance worker falling from a water tower into the tower itself. Today we report on another incident in Waterloo, Iowa where the same thing occurred. This...

• Clear Lake company issued a fine for the death of a worker who fell into an open hopper

  Steve Lombardi | April 27, 2009 12:41 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Clear Lake company issued a fine for the death of a worker who fell into an open hopper IOSH, or OSHA as it's most commonly called fined a Clear Lake company $357,000 for an accident that killed an...

• Worker Safety: Power saw kick back cuts workers throat causing his demise.

  Steve Lombardi | April 21, 2009 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In a freak accident WEAU 13 News reports on a terrible accident involving a trench worker. In this incident being investigated by OSHA, 33-year-old Eugene Hakes, Jr., of Cadott was...

• Workers' Compensation: Injuries up and payouts down - hmm, something doesn't sound right.

  Megan Roth | April 17, 2009 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Middle of the night and I’m wide-awake – go figure. I was just surfing the internet when, at random, an article popped up that grabbed my interest. “Construction Up, Injuries...

• Construction Injuries: Let the process begin

  Megan Roth | April 16, 2009 3:28 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  It’s somewhat ironic how the economy is crumbling around us and buildings continue to go up (each one higher than the next, it seems). It’s true – the construction industry...

• Iowa Workers Compensation: Single car accidents where the working driver is killed

  Steve Lombardi | April 15, 2009 11:33 PM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Normally we think in terms of car accidents being about liability against another driver. But when a driver falls asleep at the wheel or for whatever reason loses control of a company owned vehicle...

• Worker Safety: Polk County, Iowa Hallett Materials worker dies, electrical fire

  Steve Lombardi | April 07, 2009 11:45 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Polk County, Des Moines, Iowa A 35-year old man died as a result of either an electrical fire or from electrocution at the Hallett Materials site northwest of Des Moines today. The worker leaves...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation: Death benefits and negligence

  Steve Lombardi | April 07, 2009 11:23 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Matthew Buckner was driving his van northbound on 315th St. when he lost control of the van he was driving approximately 100 yards north of the Highway 34 intersection. He entered the east ditch...

• Iowa Workers' Compensation: Released back to work, then laid off, what do I do?

  Steve Lombardi | April 04, 2009 9:50 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  I answer questions on another website and this question was recently posed and the economy being what it is, I thought a broader audience might appreciate the advice. Question: If a person has...

• Construction Site Safety: DOB Report Cites Misuse of Slings and Rigging as having Caused Collapse

  Steve Lombardi | March 17, 2009 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The March 2008 East Side tower crane collapse that killed seven people was caused by a misuse of the sling and other errors of rigging, by the City of New York’s Buildings Commissioner. The...